About 40 turned out to build raised wooden garden beds and ready soil for planting at Groundwork Somerville's South Street Farm. While separate from a city initiative called "Lets Grow Somerville," Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone visited the site, and lauded the group's work, Groundwork Somerville said in a statement.

"We’re not just talking about community gardens here, but other food
production options that lend themselves to the urban environment,’’ Curtatone had said previously. “Support for urban agriculture helps our
residents obtain fresher, healthier food as well as helping them control
where their food comes from and how it is produced."

Vegetables from the growing operation will be sold at farmer's markets, including at Union Square and the Mystic Mobile Market. The city initiative will help expand allowable growing practices within city limits, to help people interested in sustainable food and urban farming.